Representativeness from Within: A Comparison between the ILO and the ISO

Louis, Marieke; Ruwet, Coline

doi:10.1080/14747731.2016.1201327

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“…those affiliated to the ituc and the ioe), which are placed on an almost equal footing with states in all the bodies of the ilo, and in particular in the Governing Body. While tripartism is specific to the ilo in the world of international organisations, other institutions involve non-state participants in their decision-making-for example, the International Organization for Standardization (Louis and Ruwet, 2017), and at the national level, joint bodies such as economic and social councils. Tripartite participants are recognised as constituent members of the ilo and the only ones officially empowered to make decisions.…”

Section: States Are Central But Not Exclusive Participants In the Promentioning

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Who Decides? Representation and Decision-making at the International Labour Organization

Louis

2019

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Louis

2019

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Section: States Are Central But Not Exclusive Participants In the Promentioning

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Carbonnier²

2019

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On the occasion of the centenary of the International Labour Organization (ILO), we are pleased to introduce this 11th special issue of International Development Policy, which explores the Organization's capacity for action, its effectiveness and its ability to adapt and innovate.The moral idea, 'If you desire peace, cultivate justice' , which lay at the heart of the ILO's foundation one hundred years ago, remains just as relevant today, in a world undergoing profound economic and technological transformation and increasing global inequality. How has the ILO adapted to change over time? What steps has the Organization taken to protect the most vulnerable? How well is it prepared and positioned to confront the new challenges of digitisation, automation and the 'uberisation' of work?This collection of thirteen articles, written by twenty-one authors from around the world, attempts to address these questions in three parts. Part 1 looks at the ILO's historic context, its functioning and decision-making process and the contemporary challenges it faces; Part 2 explores approaches and results in relation to labour and social protection; and Part 3 considers the changes shaping the future of work. The articles highlight the progress and gaps to date, as well as the constraints and circumstances that confront the ILO in its efforts to respond to the new dilemmas and challenges of the fourth industrial revolution, with regard to labour and social protection.Articles in this issue were the subject of lively exchanges during and after an author's workshop held in Geneva in September 2017 and we are grateful for the substantive comments of the anonymous reviewer and others who commented on earlier drafts. We also thank the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the État de Genève for their financial support.We hope this collection will make a positive contribution to the reflections and debates around the hundredth anniversary of the ILO and will resonate among our readership of scholars and practitioners, thanks to its timely and relevant focus on issues affecting all of us in our working lives and beyond.

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“…However, the ILO has a problem: while its years of work have led to advances in labour and social protections, including protections around wages and hours (Maul, 2019), and provisions for migrant workers (Piper, 2022), its effica-Open Journal of Political Science cy in contemporary world politics is challenged by several factors (Helfer, 2007;Maul, 2019). These factors include internal tensions between decision-making members of the organization, who compete to maintain the greatest amount of influence over the ILO's agenda (Maul, 2019;Baccaro & Mele, 2012), as well as the organization's insufficient inclusion of grassroots and community labour advocates, whose local expertise is recognized in ILO programming, but not in its decision-making apparatus (Helfer, 2007;Louis & Ruwet, 2017).…”

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Decent Work, Social Justice, Status-Quo: The ILO as a World Organization

Koenig

2023

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From internal struggles to ineffective international programming, the ILO has long been plagued with a variety of issues that undermine its efficacy. This has resulted in some scholars dismissing the organization as a relevant player in the world of international work and labour. However, this paper contends that these accusations fail to consider the ILO as a complex and multifaceted organization with its own mandate, agenda, and impact. Using the world organizations approach put forward by Martin Koch, four aspects of the ILO are discussed: world semantics, internal order, external relations, and contributions to world order. This analysis finds that, though the ILO has often failed to drive rapid progress in the world of work and labour, the incremental changes it has made to international working conditions through the use of small-scale programming has overall improved working conditions for many workers around the world.

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Representativeness from Within: A Comparison between the ILO and the ISO

Cited by 6 publications

References 30 publications

Who Decides? Representation and Decision-making at the International Labour Organization

Who Decides? Representation and Decision-making at the International Labour Organization

The ILO @ 100

Decent Work, Social Justice, Status-Quo: The ILO as a World Organization

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